When Was The Last Time You Read A PBook? - Page 2

sun surfer · 11-29-2011, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DuaneAA

Did you have to read the whole book for it to count?

Nah, but you do have to read a good portion for it to count. Not just glance over it or read a few pages.

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Originally Posted by Hamlet53

The number one by far criteria for me is what book do I want to read. That normally decides the ebook or paper question right there. If both formats are available then issue of cost (if the book is available in my local library I will read that) takes priority.

Yes, my number one criteria too is always what I want to read - I will read pbook first any day if that's the only way I could read what I wanted. Even if the pbook is a large paperback book that is flimsy, so that I can't hold it by its spine (the sides fall over then) and have to either hold it with both hands or read it on a flat surface (and then there's the fact of trying to highlight or take notes, and use an external dictionary...). But I digress.

So if the book is only available as pbook, then I'm reading pbook. But if it's available as an ebook, I will probably go ebook every time (which is why I hadn't read a pbook in so long) even if more expensive....well, so long as it's not too much more expensive, but I haven't had that problem yet.

Tattncat · 11-29-2011, 10:14 PM

I have kept my collection of pbooks (my personal collection) but haven't purchased any pbooks or read any since I got my first reader, a Sony 505. EBooks don't take any room.

Fbone · 11-29-2011, 10:17 PM

Today. A library book as has been my habit for this year.

DreamWriter · 11-29-2011, 10:20 PM

I'm reading a pbook right now: The Complete Idiot's Guide to HTML5 and CSS3 by Joe Kraynak.

I read fiction on my Kindle, but I prefer to read the paper version for most reference/instructional books.

elemenoP · 11-29-2011, 10:20 PM

I love ebooks... and I love pbooks. I just love books, I guess. Except for mass market paperbacks. I flat out won't read those, which is part snobbery and part bad eyesight. I read about 2/3 ebooks and 1/3 pbooks.

Right now I am reading the Steve Jobs bio, one of the only hardcovers I've read since I got my ereader a year ago. I am really enjoying the "experience" of the book: the heft of it, the typography, the photo insert. But I had to put it aside while I went on vacation. Vacations are ereader only.

eP

jehane · 11-29-2011, 10:39 PM

I still read both, although at the moment my pbook options are limited. Currently on the go I have a Ray Bradbury anthology and "Black Bodies & Quantum Cats" (nonfic) in pbook and Richelle Mead in ebook. Last week I read "Eccentrics" by David Weeks in pbook.

FizzyWater · 11-29-2011, 10:53 PM

Maybe you should ask "when's the last you paid attention and read a post?"

I didn't notice the "p"...and just read "book". So I voted "today, of course". Paper book...god, I can't remember. Might have been 1 in the last year.

Sweetpea · 11-30-2011, 01:48 AM

I think I read a pbook last year. But it could also be two years ago... There are a few books that I would like to read, but of which I only have the p-version. Can't get myself to pick them up...

amward · 11-30-2011, 02:02 AM

I read them all the time, alternating with ebooks. My local library is pbook only and I want to keep supporting it so that it does eventually go down the ebook road. It's the story that counts for me, not so much the format, although I do love my ereader.

Billi · 11-30-2011, 02:26 AM

Just this morning. I still read a lot of paper books, mostly from the library. And I'm slowly working my way through my shelf of still unread paper books I bought a few years ago.

pdurrant · 11-30-2011, 02:34 AM

I can't remember the last time I read a paper book. Magazines and newspapers, but not a paper book. Probably sometime in 2010, but it might even have been 2009.

HarleyB · 11-30-2011, 03:26 AM

I received my ereader as a birthday present in June last year. I also received a paper book - it is the only paper book I have read in the last 18 months.

carpetmojo · 11-30-2011, 03:28 AM

Horses and courses ?

Rumpelteazer · 11-30-2011, 03:39 AM

Mid August was when I read my last pbook. It was a reread so I had the book on the shelf.

I'm not against pbooks but I prefer ebooks, especially long books (Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, etc) because it's more comfortable to read. The only two books this year that I wasn't able to get in ebook form was Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim (regional restrictions) and the first of the Midsommer Murder series (publisher took them offline a while ago) and I got those in pbook form. The other pbooks I read are either gifts or rereads.

carpetmojo · 11-30-2011, 06:25 AM

3 minutes ago.

View Poll Results: When Was The Last Time That You Read A PBook?
Why, today of course!	48	27.59%
Just this week, mate!	25	14.37%
I declare! Some time earlier this month, I s'pose.	22	12.64%
Hmm...I think it was no longer than six months ago...	17	9.77%
A point of time exactly between 182.621099 days and 365.242199 days, on the dot!	10	5.75%
If you absolutely must know, last year.	14	8.05%
It was a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.	30	17.24%
What is this "paper" that you speak of?	8	4.60%
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11-29-2011, 10:14 PM	#17
Tattncat Bookworm Posts: 673 Karma: 1029391 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Device: Nook Tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab3, Sony PRS700, Sony PRS505	I have kept my collection of pbooks (my personal collection) but haven't purchased any pbooks or read any since I got my first reader, a Sony 505. EBooks don't take any room.

11-29-2011, 10:17 PM	#18
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,292 Karma: 101697116 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	Today. A library book as has been my habit for this year.

11-29-2011, 10:20 PM	#19
DreamWriter Books are brain food. Posts: 2,950 Karma: 4836916 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: U.S. Device: Paperwhite · Fire HD6/HD8/HD10 · Galaxy Tab A7	I'm reading a pbook right now: The Complete Idiot's Guide to HTML5 and CSS3 by Joe Kraynak. I read fiction on my Kindle, but I prefer to read the paper version for most reference/instructional books.

11-29-2011, 10:20 PM	#20
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	I love ebooks... and I love pbooks. I just love books, I guess. Except for mass market paperbacks. I flat out won't read those, which is part snobbery and part bad eyesight. I read about 2/3 ebooks and 1/3 pbooks. Right now I am reading the Steve Jobs bio, one of the only hardcovers I've read since I got my ereader a year ago. I am really enjoying the "experience" of the book: the heft of it, the typography, the photo insert. But I had to put it aside while I went on vacation. Vacations are ereader only. eP

11-29-2011, 10:39 PM	#21
jehane Book addict Posts: 441 Karma: 2650464 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Antarctica/Australia/Ohio Device: Sony PRS-300/T1/Asus TF101	I still read both, although at the moment my pbook options are limited. Currently on the go I have a Ray Bradbury anthology and "Black Bodies & Quantum Cats" (nonfic) in pbook and Richelle Mead in ebook. Last week I read "Eccentrics" by David Weeks in pbook.

11-29-2011, 10:53 PM	#22
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	Maybe you should ask "when's the last you paid attention and read a post?" I didn't notice the "p"...and just read "book". So I voted "today, of course". Paper book...god, I can't remember. Might have been 1 in the last year.

11-30-2011, 01:48 AM	#23
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I think I read a pbook last year. But it could also be two years ago... There are a few books that I would like to read, but of which I only have the p-version. Can't get myself to pick them up...

11-30-2011, 02:02 AM	#24
amward Wizard Posts: 1,299 Karma: 2081110 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: SW Australia Device: Eco Eclipse, Sony PRS 350 (pink), Ipod Touch, Kindle Touch	I read them all the time, alternating with ebooks. My local library is pbook only and I want to keep supporting it so that it does eventually go down the ebook road. It's the story that counts for me, not so much the format, although I do love my ereader.

11-30-2011, 02:26 AM	#25
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	Just this morning. I still read a lot of paper books, mostly from the library. And I'm slowly working my way through my shelf of still unread paper books I bought a few years ago.

11-30-2011, 02:34 AM	#26
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,955 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	I can't remember the last time I read a paper book. Magazines and newspapers, but not a paper book. Probably sometime in 2010, but it might even have been 2009.

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11-30-2011, 03:26 AM	#27
HarleyB Fanatic Posts: 565 Karma: 1113286 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast Australia Device: Kobo (RIP), iPad, iPhone 4, Kobo Touch x2, Kobo Glo	I received my ereader as a birthday present in June last year. I also received a paper book - it is the only paper book I have read in the last 18 months.

11-30-2011, 03:28 AM	#28
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	Horses and courses ?

11-30-2011, 03:39 AM	#29
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,323 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Mid August was when I read my last pbook. It was a reread so I had the book on the shelf. I'm not against pbooks but I prefer ebooks, especially long books (Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, etc) because it's more comfortable to read. The only two books this year that I wasn't able to get in ebook form was Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim (regional restrictions) and the first of the Midsommer Murder series (publisher took them offline a while ago) and I got those in pbook form. The other pbooks I read are either gifts or rereads.

11-30-2011, 06:25 AM	#30
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	3 minutes ago.